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UK and banking giants spearhead drive to combat nature-related financial risks
AXA, BNP Paribas, World Bank and others back plans for new Task Force for Nature-related Financial Disclosures framework
BNP Paribas sets out rules for coal financing phase out
In a string of new measures unveiled yesterday, the bank has tightened its rules on providing finance to companies invested in coal, giving European firms until 2021 to align their coal strategies with a 2030 exit date.
BNP Paribas accelerates 'complete coal exit' plan
Banking giant pulls forward target to end the use of coal by its electricity-producing customers to the end of 2030
How Covid-19 is refocussing sustainable finance
A broader focus of sustainable finance is needed to support sustainable business models covering both environmental and social elements, argues Constance Chalchat from BNP Paribas CIB
'Deeply disturbing': Just 35 banks have handed $2.7tr to fossil fuels since 2015, study finds
Major study backed by 250 NGOs and environmental organisations claims financing for fossil fuels has risen every year since the Paris Agreement was signed
Can the EU's Taxonomy end greenwashing in the financial sector?
Experts appointed by the EU Commission presented their final recommendations for what investments and activities should be considered 'sustainable' - but there remain several key unanswered questions
Could Cadent's first UK 'transition bond' help turbocharge the journey towards net zero?
Gas distributor's issuance marks UK's first transition bond, a nascent asset class aimed at helping high carbon firms shift towards becoming greener
SDG15: The fight for life on land
Progress on protecting life on land has been agonisingly slow, as deforestation and habitat loss has accelerated, but hopes remain that a step change in global land management can yet be engineered
BNP Paribas launches innovative carbon offset investment fund
The fund extends a European version which has already reached €300m in assets under management since its launch in March last year
Why green buildings make for better investments
Investing in greener buildings and offices delivers significant financial, environmental and wellbeing returns, argues BNP Paribas Real Estate UK CEO Andy Martin
BNP Paribas to end all coal investments worldwide by 2040
French banking giant to end coal financing in Europe by 2030 and sets new renewable energy investment target of €18bn by 2021
How train station adverts are delivering an air quality boost
BNP Paribas reveals air filters fitted at Marylebone station are delivering encouraging results
Renewables powering surge in green finance investments, analysis finds
Inflows to ESG bonds and equity funds have grown by almost 30 per cent so far in 2019, according to BNP Paribas
Enel targets clean energy and climate action with €2.5bn SDG-linked bond
Italian gas and power giant places its first bond on the European market linked to two of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainable coffee: BNP Paribas and Neumann Kaffe brew up $25m loan facility
French bank establishes revolving loan facility to help support sustainable coffee farming and tackle poverty in 10 countries
BNP Paribas and Bunzl extends CO2 Emissions Reduction-Linked Loan
Banking giant agrees new €105m sustainability linked loan
SDG9: Plotting a course towards a sustainable shipping industry
BNP Paribas' Nicolas Parrot warns the global shipping industry has just a few months to comply with new air quality rules - is the sector ready to navigate and finance a more sustainable future?
IKEA, Unilever, and BNP Paribas join business drive against inequality
Business for Inclusive Growth (B4IG) coalition will launch at the G7 summit this weekend, warning inequalities around the world are economically-damaging
"Irreversible decline": How EVs and renewables could soon kill off a huge chunk of oil demand
Renewables and EVs on course to replace 40 per cent of demand for oil in next 25 years, according to new BNP Paribas analysis
Did you hear the one about the Big Banks?
BNP Paribas' Bob Hawley reveals the work BNP Paribas is doing to address SDG1, the target to end poverty
SDG5: Rice as a path to prosperity for women in Senegal
BNP Paribas is supporting a UN Women project in Senegal that aims to help female rice growers scale their businesses
How BNP Paribas plans to align its €399bn asset portfolio with a 2C world
BNP Paribas AM's global sustainability strategy provides a signal of how the economy could be set to evolve over the coming years
BNP Paribas AM unveils roadmap to deliver Paris-aligned investment portfolio by 2025
Asset manager's enhanced sustainability strategy sets out how it plans to engage with companies on climate change in the coming years
'Increasingly uncompetitive': BNP Paribas AM tightens coal investment policy
French bank's tighter exclusions on firms engaged in thermal coal mining and coal-fired power generation to come into effect from 2020
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